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World Bank to extend $18 billion financial support to India

The World Bank will provide financial support of $15-18 billion to India over the next 3 years to help speed up economic growth and reduce poverty. As per...

July 24, 2014

CII-GEC launched "EPEAT" environmental rating systems for electronics

CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development along with US based the Green Electronics Council launched Indian debut of the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) environmental-rating system...

July 24, 2014

Unregulated e-rickshaws not permitted: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court lambasted the Delhi government for its inability to regulate or check e-rickshaws plying unbridled on the roads. HC, while hearing a plea, has said that...

July 24, 2014

India support UNHRC resolution to probe Israel’s offensive on Gaza

India voted in support of a UN Human Rights Council resolution to begin an investigation of Israel’s offensive on Gaza. In the 47-member council, 29 countries which also...

July 24, 2014

Sanitation projects, increasing green cover among top priorities for MGNREGA

The new NDA government led by PM Narendra Modi has designed a plan for re-orientation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA which will...

July 23, 2014

Ethiopian Airlines names its Dreamliner after Taj Mahal

The flagship carrier of the East African nation of Ethiopia has named its newest Boeing 787 Dreamliner after India’s most famous monument- the “Taj Mahal”. The air carrier...

July 23, 2014

Union Government notifies Public Servants Rules, 2014

The Union Government notified Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014....

July 22, 2014

OECD introduces ‘single global standard’ for automatic exchange of financial info

Taking a significant step towards combating the black money menace, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) unveiled ‘single global standard’ for automatic exchange of financial...

July 22, 2014

Cricket: India registers historic test victory at Lord's against England

India bagged their first Test victory at the historic Lord’s in nearly three decades as they rode on Ishant Sharma’s inspired spell of fast bowling to flatten England...

July 21, 2014

Bolivia legalizes Child Labour

Contrary to the efforts across the globe to curb child labour, Bolivia has become the first nation to legalize it from age 10. Country’s Congress approved the legislation,...

July 19, 2014

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